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NM Ant 1340 :: pyxis

Object description: Lid: conical knob with concave top, moulded edge; low, conical lid; low flange on bottom. Pyxis: horizontal, raised rim; rounded body, bulging at shoulder; flaring ring base. Buff clay; lustrous, brown to dark brown paint; traces of added red (?). Lid: top of knob black; band on base of knob; on lid top six bands of varying width and row of dots close to the edge (and continuing on bottom). Pyxis: interior reserved; rim painted; toungues between narrow bands on shoulder; below this row of dots between narrow bands; on lower body bands of varying width; one narrow band bove base; base painted; on bottom three bands and a central dot.

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Inventory number

NM Ant 1340

Serie nummer

802

Object

pyxis

Country - Findspot

Greece : Europe

Place - Findspot

Corinth, 1865.

Material

Earthenware; Clay; Pottery

Material, Swedish

Keramik

Acquisition

Purchased from Professor Rousopoulos in Athens, 1869.

Description

Lid: conical knob with concave top, moulded edge; low, conical lid; low flange on bottom. Pyxis: horizontal, raised rim; rounded body, bulging at shoulder; flaring ring base. Buff clay; lustrous, brown to dark brown paint; traces of added red (?). Lid: top of knob black; band on base of knob; on lid top six bands of varying width and row of dots close to the edge (and continuing on bottom). Pyxis: interior reserved; rim painted; toungues between narrow bands on shoulder; below this row of dots between narrow bands; on lower body bands of varying width; one narrow band bove base; base painted; on bottom three bands and a central dot.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest